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twiddled

twiddled is the simple past and past participle of twiddle.

Meaning of twiddle

Verb

twiddle (third-person singular simple present twiddles, present participle twiddling, simple past and past participle twiddled)

  1. (transitive) To wiggle, fidget or play with; to move around.
    • She sat and nervously twiddled her hair while she waited.
  2. (transitive) To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
  3. (transitive) To be in an equivalence relation with.
  4. (intransitive) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.

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Phrases with twiddled

Questions about twiddled

What is twiddled the simple past and past participle of?
Twiddled is the simple past and past participle of twiddle.

Words near twiddled in the dictionary

  1. twiddle
  2. twiddle muff
  3. twiddle muffs
  4. twiddle one's thumbs
  5. twiddleable
  6. twiddled
  7. twiddled one's thumbs
  8. twiddler
  9. twiddler's syndrome
  10. twiddlers
  11. twiddles

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